South Asia

A decade after U.S. venture capital firms fueled India’s startup boom, local investors are now dominating deals.

The American phonemaker's Indian arm has named X, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Google, and Meta in a lawsuit asking to take down existing and future “defamatory” content.

As global sales climb, the reasons people buy records diverge sharply across cultures.

Purpose-designed AI agents with a focus on safety can provide critical assistance to vulnerable populations.

Venture capital is moving away from K-12 edtech worldwide as investors prioritize AI tools and workforce training with clearer returns.

Even sophisticated AI systems need human support and institutional capacity to succeed.

The country gets 95% of its fuel from abroad.

As demand for AI hardware surges, much of the resulting waste will end up in non-Western countries.

Voice AI tools are quickly replacing voice-over and dubbing artists, raising concerns not only about jobs but also loss of cultural relevance in non-English-speaking nations.

Google and Microsoft’s multibillion-dollar projects under construction in India are facing backlash from farmers, while the government offers huge tax relief to foreign companies setting up data centers.

The new book "LeanSpark" examines frugal innovation in India, including how startups Sarvam AI and Krutrim overcome cost and infrastructure constraints.

Much of the AI conversation has focused on what it can do. Now it’s time to ask what it might quietly take away.

Amid a widening global divide in AI adoption, low-cost AI models that can deliver sovereignty and efficiency with a smaller environmental footprint are gaining ground.

Tech leaders called AI a democratizing force. But it’s concentrating power and wealth in a handful of American companies.

A survey of workers in 60 countries found that a majority of those facing the threat of AI-driven job loss do not trust companies or governments to manage the transition fairly.

The war has blocked the only sea route for the high-grade, low-carbon aluminum EVs need. There's no quick substitute.

From Seoul to New York City, residents are fighting charging infrastructure over safety, aesthetics, and crowding.

My experience of the tech platforms, media content, and official messaging of the war in two cities.

Big Tech’s AI tools trained on Western data often can’t recognize local crops, forests, or farming conditions without adaptation to local environments.

The global oil crisis triggered by the U.S.-Iran war is making Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, and India get conservative with energy.

As generative AI explodes on social media, the board’s slow, human-led review model faces a breaking point.

A new device unveiled in India shows how AI systems can run locally, support diverse languages, and reduce dependence on proprietary models.

In his new book, “Computing in the Age of Decolonization: India’s Lost Technological Revolution,” researcher Dwaipayan Banerjee argues that a focus on technical solutions has made the country dependent on big tech firms and failed to solve fundamental social problems.

It’s time to move the burden of safety from parents to platforms.

As countries start enforcing new age-limit laws, platforms like Roblox use facial technology — but critics warn of privacy leaks and surveillance.

There is growing demand for recreating dead and absent family members for events using AI.

As leaders meet in New Delhi, the bigger AI question is: Who controls the stack?

Nearly a year after launching a nationwide crypto payment system for tourists, merchants say hardly anyone is using it — raising questions about who the experiment really serves.

The AI Impact Summit in India, the first in a developing country, proposes an option that focuses on public good and development. But can it deliver without capitulating to Big Tech?

Google, Amazon, Microsoft, and other U.S. tech giants are ramping up India hiring.

As agentic AI automates the man-day billing model, the $300 billion outsourcing industry faces a brutal pivot.

The editors are both populating and fighting the world’s regional language AI engines.

Despite seeming ideal for crowded cities, these compact cars captured just $11 billion of the $800 billion global EV market.

After blacklisting hundreds of Chinese apps on national security grounds, New Delhi is reportedly in talks to partner with Alipay+.

Fatal accidents are mounting as cities add buses faster than they can train drivers.

A wave of suicides and widespread AI-fueled layoffs reveal a workforce under extreme pressure.